What sniper killed 900 people. Snipers of the Great Patriotic War

Snipers in ambush. The extreme left is the senior sergeant Ivan Petrovich Merkulov, the sniper of the 1st rifle company of the 610th rifle regiment. Extreme Right - Pupil Merculova Sergeant Zolotov

Snipers-aces that destroyed 50 and more enemy soldiers

Sniper Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev. From November 10 to December 17, 1942, 225 soldiers and officers of the German army and the armies of their allies

A snapshot on which Erwin König is allegedly depicted

The best overalls of the Second World War were Russian snipers, and this fact is a completely concrete explanation: long before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in the Soviet Union paid special attention to the mass rifle training of the population, the development of the skills of circulation and tagging. In 1932, when Osoaviachim, the title of Voroshilovsky arrows was established, a wide movement for the mastery of rifle skills was launched. The "Voroshilovsky shooter" icon was awarded about 9 million people. The result of this work was the reserve from well-trained shooters.

Even before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, sniper compartments were included in the states of protection divisions of the NCPS communications.
Real accounts of snipers are actually more than confirmed. For example, Fedor Okhlopkov, according to capeful data, only destroyed more than a thousand Germans using a machine gun. In 1943, there were more than 1,000 women among Soviet snipers; During the war, they were counted more than 12,000 Germans. The first ten Soviet snipers destroyed (confirmed) 4,200 soldiers and officers, and the first twenty - 7400. The 82nd rifle division of Mikhail Lysov in October 1941 from an automatic rifle with a sniper sight killed JU-87. Data on the number of infantry killed by him, unfortunately, no. And the Sniper of the 796th Rifle Division Senisher Antonov Vasily Antonovich in July 1942 under Voronezh four shots from the rifle knocked down the twin-engine JU-88. The data on the number of the infantry killed them also did not preserve.

Weapon to our snipers served mainly sniper rifle Mosina. However, a sniper version of SVT was used.

The preparation of snipers in the Wehrmacht began to be engaged only by the end of 1942, and not only Soviet trophy sniper rifles were used, but also Soviet training films and instructions. Therefore, the Germans managed to enter the required level only in 1944. It is believed that Erwin König, killed by Vasily Zaitsev in Stalingrad, was considered that Erwin König was engaged in the preparation of snipers in Germany. It is also approved that the head of Sniper School in Zosssen was the SS Gainz Torvald, the existence of which, like the school itself, is also doubtful - German snipers were taught not in schools, but directly in the troops. Many generally believe that König was invented by writer William Craig, who wrote in 1973 the book "Enemy at the Gates" - "Enemy at the gate." However, the scope shot by Zaitsev from the sniper rifle of König was put up in the Central Museum of Armed Forces. In Moscow, who, however, has been removed from exposure for some time ago.

Most likely, König was just a good sniper and turned out to be among those 11 snipers that were killed by Vasily Zaitsev, and the blowing of the significance of his person pursues only the goal to make the average man think that the Germans also had snipers-aces.

Sniper rifle Mosina

SVT with sniper sight

Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most efficient woman-sniper destroyed 309 enemies.

The most productive of our snipers became a foreman from the 1st battalion of the 39th Rifle Regiment of the 4th Rifle Division of the 12th Army Mikhail Ilyich Surkov. From the sniper women, the most effective was a sniper of the 54th Rifle Regiment of the 25th Chapayevsky Rifle Division Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko. Among the best snipers there were many hunters engaged in fishery since childhood. The hunters were Vasily Zaitsev, Sniper-Yakut Fedor Matveyevich Okhlopkov and Mikhail Surkov. Snipers-Evenki Semyon Danilovich also became famous.

Interesting fact: From January 18 to January 28, 1943, the Snipers of the NKVD of all fronts were held in Moscow. 309 people took part in his work. After a four-day instructing and methodological seminar, combat internship was held. During her, a consolidated battalion of snipers from the participants of the Fleet for ten days destroyed 2375 servicemen of the Wehrmacht.

Among the German snipers, Mattias Hetzenauer were distinguished themselves with 345 confirmed killed, Joseph Allerberger - 257 confirmed killed and fought for the Germans Lithuanian Bruno Sutcus - 209 killed. Finn Simo Häyuhuya was also famous, who was attributed to 504 killed redarmeys, of which 219 managed to confirm documented.

List of the most efficient Soviet snipers

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The best snipers of the Second World War. Fedor Okhlopkov and Vasily Kvachantradze. Source: WIO.ru.

Snipers of World War II are almost exclusively Soviet soldiers. Indeed, only in the USSR in the pre-war years, the rifle preparation was actually universal, and since the 1930s special sniper schools acted. So there is nothing surprising in the ten, and in the twenty of the best shooters of that war, only one foreign name is Finn Simo Häyuhuya.

On the account of the first dozen of Russian snipers - 4200 confirmed enemy fighters, the first twenty - 7400. At the very best shooters of the USSR - 500 with excess killed for everyone, while the most efficient Sniper of World War II among Germans has an account of only 345 goals. But the actual accounts of snipers are actually more than confirmed - about two or three times!

It is still still reminding that in the USSR - the only country in the world! - Not only men, but also women fought snipers. For 1943, in the Red Army there were more than a thousand women's women who were killed in a total of more than 12,000 fascists during the war years. Here is a three of the most efficient: Lyudmila Pavlichenko - 309 enemies, Olga Vasilyeva - 185 enemies, Natalia Kovshova - 167 enemies. According to these indicators, Soviet women left behind most of the best snipers from among their opponents.

Mikhail Surkov- 702 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Surprisingly, but the fact: Despite the biggest expense of defeats, Surkov was not awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, although it seemed to him. The unprecedented account of the most effective Sniper Sniper of the Second World War was more than once, but all the defeats were documented, as the rules opened in the Red Army. The foreman of Surkov really killed at least 702 fascists, and taking into account the possible difference between real and confirmed defeats, the bill can go for thousands! The striking accuracy of Mikhail Surkov and the amazing ability to track down their opponents for a long time, apparently, they are explained simply: before calling to the army, he worked as a hunter in a taiga in his homeland - in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Vasily kvachantradze - 534 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Starin Quachantradze fought from the first days: in his personal case it was emphasized that he is a participant in the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. And he finished the service he only after the victory, having passed all the great war without a passage. Even the title of Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Kvachantiradze, who killed over half-hundred-sighted soldiers and officers of the enemy, was appropriated shortly before the end of the war, in March 1945. And to his native Georgia, the demobilized foreman returned to the cavalier of two orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree and the Order of the Red Star.

SIMO HYUYUHYA - Over 500 soldiers and officers of the enemy

If in March 1940, the Finnish Capral Simo Häyuhya was injured in the discontinuous bullet, perhaps the title of the most effective Sniper of the Second World War would have belonged to him. The entire period of participation of Finn in the winter war of 1939-40 is exhausted by three months - and with such a terrifying result! It is possible that this is due to the fact that by this time the Red Army has not yet had sufficient overseas experience. But even taking into account this, it is impossible not to admit that Khyayuha was a professional professional. After all, most of their opponents he killed, without using special sniper devices, and shooting from an ordinary rifle with an open sight.

Ivan Sidorenko- 500 soldiers and officers of the enemy

He had to become an artist - and became a sniper, having time to finish a military school and to open the mortar rotary. Lieutenant Ivan Sidorenko is one of the few Sniper officers in the list of the most efficient shooters of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. Despite the fact that it fought hard: for three years on the front line, from November 1941 to November 1944, Sidorenko managed to receive three heavy injuries, which in the end and prevented him to study at the Military Academy, where he was sent by the authorities. So in the reserve, he came out by Major - and the hero of the Soviet Union: this title was assigned on the front.

Nikolai Ilyin- 494 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Little to the honor of Soviet snipers dropped out such an honor: shoot from the nominal sniper rifle. Starin Ilyin deserved it, becoming not only a tidy shooter, but also one of the initiators of the sniper movement on the Stalingrad front. His account was already more than a hundred killed fascists, when in October 1942 the authorities handed him a rifle named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Hussein Andruhaeva - the poet Adyg, Politruck, one of the first days cried in the face of the upcoming enemies "Russians do not surrender!". Alas, Ilyin himself was killed, and his rifle was referred to as the rifle "named after the heroes of the Soviet Union H. Andruhaeva and N. Ilina".

Ivan Kulbertinov- 487 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Hunters among snipers of the Soviet Union were quite a few, but Yakut reindeer hunters - a little. Ivan Kulbertinov became the most famous of them - the peer of Soviet power: he was born exactly on November 7, 1917! Once at the front at the very beginning of 1943, he already in February opened his personal account for killed enemies, which by the end of the war brought almost five hundred. And although the chest of the Hero Sniper adorned many honorary awards, he did not receive the highest title of the Hero of the Soviet Union, although, judging by the documents, was represented twice. But in January 1945, the authorities handed him a personal sniper rifle with the words "best Snayper Senior Sergeant Kulbertinov I. N. from the Military Council of the Army."

Vladimir Pchelins - 456 soldiers and officers of the enemy

The best Soviet snipers. Vladimir Pchelintsev.

The best Soviet snipers. Vladimir Pchelintsev. Source: WIO.ru.

Vladimir Pchelintsev was, so to speak, a professional sniper, ending with sniper and a year before the war, who received the title of Master of Sports on shooting. In addition, he is one of two Soviet snipers staying in the White House. It happened during a trip to the United States, where the hero of the Hero of the Soviet Union was held in the US Sergeant, he went to the International Student Assembly in August 1942 - to tell how the USSR fights with fascism. The company was a colleague Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko and one of the heroes of the partisan struggle Nikolai Krasavchenko.

Peter Goncharov- 441 soldiers and officer of the enemy

Peter Goncharov Sniper became accidental. The worker of the Stalingrad plant, he in the midst of the offensive of the Germans went to the militia, from where it was taken to the regular army ... in the back. Then Goncharov got to the Masonic, and only the case brought him into snipers when, hitting the forefront, he set up an enemy tank from someone else's weapons. And Goncharov received his first sniper rifle in November 1942 - and did not part with her until the death of 1944. By this time, the former worker had already carried the epaulets of Senior Sergeant and the title Hero of the Soviet Union, which he was awarded for twenty days before death.

Mikhail Budenkov - 437 soldiers and officers of the enemy

The biography of Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Budenkova is very bright. Departing from Brest to Moscow and who came to East Prussia, who fought for a mortar settlement and became a sniper, Budound, before calling to the army in 1939, managed to work and the ship mechanic on the ship, which went through the channel name of Moscow, and a tractor driver in his native collective farm ... But the vocation Still, made himself to know: the exact shooting of the commander of the mortar calculation attracted the attention of the bosses, and the Budound was a sniper. Moreover, one of the best in the Red Army, for which in the end in March 1945 and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Matthias Hetzenauer - 345 soldiers and officers of the enemy

The only German sniper in the top ten most effective snipers of World War II fell here not by the number of killed enemies. This indicator leaves the hetcenauer efreitor far beyond even the first twenty. But not to pay tribute to the ability of the enemy, thereby emphasizing that Soviet snipers committed, it would be wrong. Moreover, in Germany, the success of Hetzenauer was called the "phenomenal results of the Sniper War." And there were not far from the truth, because the German sniper scored his result in just a partial year, having finished sniper courses in July 1944.

In addition to the above masters of rifle art and there were others. The list of the best Soviet snipers, and these are only those who destroyed the minimum of 200 enemy servicemen, enter more than fifty people.

Nikolay Kazyuk - 446 soldiers and officers of the enemy

The best Soviet snipers. Nikolay Kazyuk.

The best Soviet snipers. Nikolay Kazyuk. Source: WIO.ru.

Fedor Okhlopkov - 429 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Fyodor Dyachenko - 425 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Stepan Petrenko - 422 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Nikolai Galushkin - 418 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Athanasius Gordienko - 417 soldiers and officers of the enemy

TuleUugali Abdybekov - 397 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Semyon nomocons - 367 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Antonov - 362 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Gennady Velichko - 360 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Kalashnikov - 350 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Abdukhazhi Idrisov - 349 soldiers and opponent officers

Rubaho Yakovlevich - 346 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Leonid Butkevich - 345 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Larkin - 340 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Torgetikov - 338 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Arseny Etobayev - 335 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Victor Medvedev - 331 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ilya Grigoriev - 328 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Evgeny Nikolaev - 324 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Mikhail Ivasik - 320 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Leonid Butkevich - 315 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Zhambyl Tulaev - 313 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko - 309 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Alexander Lebedev - 307 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Vasily Titov - 307 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Dobrik - 302 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Moses Master - 300 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Nikolay Vedernikov - 300 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Maxim Bryxin - 300 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Natalia Kovshova and Maria Polivanova - 300 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Abdulov - 298 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Osthaichuk - 280 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Yakov Smetanev - 279 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Tsyrendashi Dorzhiev - 270 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Anatoly Chekhov - 265 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Mikhail Savor - 261 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Pavel Shorets - 261 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Fedor Chegodaev - 250 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Bocharov - 248 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Nikolai Palmine - 247 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Mikhail Belousov - 245 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Vasily Zaitsev - 242 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Liba Rugova - 242 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Gregory Simanchuk - 240 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Egor Petrov - 240 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ibrahim Suleimenov - 239 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Maxim Passwar - 236 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Govorukhin - 234 soldiers and officers of the enemy

David Dowz - 226 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Kalimulla Zeinutdinov - 226 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Peter Golichenkov - 225 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Nikolay Nikitin - 220 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Nikolay Semenov - 218 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Nakhushin - 217 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Elkin - 207 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Galimov Gazizovich - 207 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Akhat Ahmetyanov - 204 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Hoy Adamia - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Vasily Talalaev - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Fahretdin Atnagulov - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Vasily Komaritsky - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Nikifor Afanasyev - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Vasily Kalka - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Vladimir Krasnov - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Ivan Tkachev - 200 soldiers and officers of the enemy

Snipers are special people. You can be a good shooter, but not to be sniper. For this you need extraordinary exposure, patience, huge preparation and waiting for days for the sake of just shot. Here we will give the top ten the best snipers of the worldEach of them is unique and unique.

Thomas Plaquett

FlapNet - Irishtz from the British 95 Rifle Division. Thomas became famous in one episode. It was in 1809, Monroe's troops retreated, but Kakabelos had a battle. The planket was able to "remove" the French General Ogusta-Marie-Francois Colbert. The enemy felt in complete safety, because the distance to the arrow was 600 meters. Then the British arrows used Brown Muskets Bess and more less confidently hit the goal at a distance of up to 50m.
Planking shot was a real miracle, he with his rifle Baker exceeded the best results 12 times. But this was not enough. The shooter decided to prove his skill and from the same position accurately struck the second target. He killed the arjutant of the general who rushed to the aid to his commander.

Sergeant Grace.

Grace was a sniper of the 4th Infantry Division of Georgia. It was he who killed the most high-ranking union military army during the war of the South and North in the United States. 05/09/1864 At the beginning of the battle, at the start of the artillery, the Union was led by General John Sedgevik. The general opened the hunt for the Snipers-Confederates from the distance near a kilometer. The staff officers immediately lay down and offered to the general to go into the shelter. He spoke out that from such a distance, no one would get to get and officers behave like panties. According to the legend, the sedzhvik did not even finish saying how the Grace bullet disappeared into his left eye and spread his head.

Charles Mauinni

Charles from childhood was fond of hunting. It was there that he honed his rifle skills, which he was very useful in 1967, when he entered the maritime infantry. As part of the US Marine Corps, Mauinnie went to Vietnam.
Typically, the shot was fatal at a distance of 300-800 meters. Charles became the best sniper of the Vietnamese war, hitting his goals from the distance to a kilometer. On account of this legend 103 confirmed defeats. Due to the complex military situation and the riskiness of the search for killed enemies, another 216 victims are considered likely.
After the service in the Marine Corps, Charles did not advertise its achievements. Only a few colleagues knew about his work. After another 20 years, a book was published in which the Sniper talents of Mauinni were described in detail. This forced Mauinni to leave the shadows. He became a mentor at the school of snipers and always said that Safari, the hunt for the most terrible animals would never compare in danger with a hunt for a person. After all, animals have no weapons ....

Rob Farlong

Rob Forengu owns a record of a confirmed successful shot. Capral struck his goal from a distance of 2430 meters, which is equal to the length of 26 football fields!
In 2002, Ferlong participated in the Anaconda operation, as part of a group of two corporals and three senior corporals. They spotted three armed militants from al-Qaida in the mountains. While the opponents smashed the camp, Farlong took one on the mug of his rifle Macmillalan TAC-50. The first shot passed by the goal. The second bullet hit one of the militants. But at the time of hitting the second bullet, the corporal has already made the third shot. The bullet was to overcome the distance in 3 seconds, this time is enough for the enemy to have to hide. But the militant realized that he was under fire, only when his chest broke through the third bullet.

Vasily Zaitsev (23.03.1915 - 15.12.1991)

The name of Vasily Zaitseva became famous in the world thanks to the film "Enemy at the Gates". Vasily was born in the Urals in the village of Eleninka. On the Pacific Fleet served since 1937 - the writer, then the head of the financial part. Since the first days of the war, he regularly filed reports about transfer to the front.
Finally, in the summer of 1942, his request was satisfied. I started my work under Stalingrad Zaitsev with a "three-year". In a short time he managed to hit more than 30 opponents. The command noted a talented arrow and determined in the squad of snipers. Just a few months, there were 242 confirmed hits. But the real number of killed enemies for the period of battle for Stalingrad reached 500.
Consecrated in the film Episode from the Career Zaitsev, took place as a whole. Indeed, at this time was sent to the Stalingrad area to combat Soviet snipers, German "Ultrasneper". After his murder, a sniper rifle was left with an optical sight. An indicator of the level of the German sniper is a 10krest increase in the sight. The norm for that time was considered 3-4 multiple sight, it was very difficult to cope with greater.
In January 1943, as a result of the explosion, Mina Vasily lost sight, and only the enormous efforts of doctors managed to restore it. After that, Zaitsev led the school of snipers, wrote two textbooks. It is he who owns one of the "hunt" techniques used and now.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko (12.07.1916-10.10.1974)

Since 1937, Lyudmila was engaged in rifle and planer sports. The beginning of the war caught her at the graduate practice in Odessa. Lyudmila left immediately to the front volunteer, she was only 24 years old. Pavlichenko becomes a sniper, one of 2,000 women sniper.
She struck their first goals in the battles in Belyaevka. He participated in the defense of Odessa, there was a chance to hit 187 enemies. After that, eight months defended Sevastopol and Crimea. At the same time, she also trains snipers. For the whole of the war on the account of Lyudmila, 309 fascists have accumulated. After the injury of 1942, it was withdrawn from the front and sent to the delegation to Canada and the United States. After returning continued to prepare snipers at the Shot School.

Capral Francis Pegamagabo (9.03.1891-5.08.1952)

Another hero of the Second World Voons. Canadian Francis destroyed 378 German soldiers, was awarded a medal three times and heavily wounded twice. But after returning to Canada, one of the most effective snipers of war was forgotten.

Adelbert F. Waldron (14.03.1933-18.10.1995)

Widon became a record holder on confirmed victories among the US shooters. At his account 109 victories.

Carlos Norman (20.05.1942-23.02.1999)

Norman fought during the War in Vietnam. Carlos has 93 confirmed victories. In the army of Vietnam, the killed enemy snipers were estimated at $ 8, $ 3,000,000 offered for normal.

SIMO HYUYUHYA (17.12.1905-1.04.2002)

SIMO was born on the border of Finland and Russia in the farmers family, as a child, fishing and hunted. From the age of 17 he entered the guard squad, and in 1925 he entered the Finnish army. After 9 years of service passed sniper training.
During the Soviet-Finnish war, 1939-1940 in less than 3 months killed 505 Soviet soldiers. There are some discrepancies in its performance. This is due to the fact that the corpses of those killed were on the enemy territory, in addition, Simo shot perfectly and from the pistol and from the rifle, and the hitting of these weapons are not always taken into account in the overall standings.
During the war, he received a nickname "White Death". In March 1940, he was seriously injured, the bullet crushed his jaw, dismissed his face. It took a long restoration. In the second world, it was not possible to get to the front because of the consequences of injuries, although Khyayuha and asked.
The effectiveness of SIMO is primarily due to the talented use of the features of the war of hostilities. Hayahua used an open sight, because optical sights are covered in the frost, they give glare, according to which the enemy flows, require a higher head position of the head (which also increases the risk of being seen), as well as longer aiming time. In addition, he poured the snow with water in front of the rifle, so that after the shot did not take off the snowflakes and did not demiss a position, cooled his breathing, so that there were no clouds of steam, etc.

Snipers have always been the elite of the armed forces of any country, since they had a whole set of qualities that were supposed to either be congenital or acquired by perennial training. We will tell you about the five best arrows in history.

Carlos Hashok

Carlos Haskok - the famous American Sniper of the War of Vietnam. Having come to the army at the age of 17, he was met by his future fellow soldiers. Everyone doubted that the guy in a hat was capable of something, but their doubts came the end after the first shooting at the landfill. The young man did not miss a single time. The command could not miss such a talent, and in 1966 Carlos went to Vietnam, where at least 300 enemy soldiers died from his bullets. Ultimately, for his head, North Vietnam put a huge reward. A remarkable feature of Haskok was the White Feather, which he always wore in his hat, despite the concerns of his colleagues about the masking.

One of the most famous shots of Carlos was the murder of Vietnamese Sniper, when the bullet passed through the optical sight of his own rifle. This case is based on many Hollywood blockbusters. In addition, Haskok was able to establish a record of a successful shot range - 2250 meters, which was only born in 2002.

But the war came to an end, and Carlos returned home without one injury. He died in his bed, having lived a little before his 57th birthday. Haskok is considered to be one of the most famous servicemen in the US Army.

SIMO HYUYUHYA

Next on our list is a sniper of snow-covered Finland. Simo Häyuhygy became not just a soldier, but a real symbol for both the Finnish itself and for the Soviet Union. For several months of the Winter War, which lasted from 1939 to 1940, Khyayuha killed from 500 to 750 Soviet soldiers. A feature of the work of the "White Death" (it was such a nickname Simo received among the Soviet soldiers) was the use of weapons without an optical sight. The story knows few examples when snipers used similar rifles. The reliable distance at which the Puli of Finnish Sniper reached the opponents - 450 meters.

Simo Hyoyuha raised the combat spirit of Finnish soldiers even in the most difficult situations for them and he himself quickly became the National Hero of Finland. In addition to small growth (152 cm), who helped him in disguise, Häyuhai enjoyed various tricks: for example, he kept the snow in his mouth so that steam during breathing did not give it enemies during breathing, or froze the water in front of the barrel of his rifle so that when shooting Do not shift snow.

The famous Finnish Sniper lived a long life and died in 2002 aged 96 years.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

The list could not not get a sniper who scared the Germans during World War II also strongly as the "white death" at one time scared Soviet soldiers. We are talking about Lyudmila Pavlichenko - the most successful woman-sniper in world history. From the first days of the war, she rushed into battle and, passing sniper courses, was in the ranks of the rifle company.

As Pavlichenko itself admitted, the most difficult to kill for the first time. In total, on the account of the legendary "Lady Death" - 309 destroyed soldiers and officers.

Vasily Zaitsev

The name of another Soviet sniper was horrified on German soldiers. We are talking, of course, about Vasily Zaitsev. He, like many Soviet soldiers, mercilessly destroyed enemy soldiers, but the most famous battle was a sniper duel with a German sniper-Aça who received the task to destroy Zaitsev. After many hours of intense waiting, Vasily was able to calculate the location of the sniper on the brilliance of the optical sight and produce one accurate shot. The Major Army of the Third Reich was killed.

Zaitsev, who headed the school masters, made a significant contribution to the development of sniper art by writing several books on the fight and developing new sniper hunting tactics.

Chris Kyle

One of the best snipers of modernity, which has proved this title in real battle, is the native of Texas Chris Kyle, who since 8 years old decided that an accurate shooting is the matter of his life. By 2003, the young man had experience in participating in special operations, and the command decided to send it to Iraq. There he showed himself a real master. A year later, when his account was more than 150 people, the nickname "Shaitan from Ramady" was attached, and an award was appointed for the head of $ 20,000. The American sniper is famous for his shot from a distance of 1920 meters, when the bullet rank of Iraqi militia, threatening the promotion of American tanks.

Chris Kyle was killed in 2013 by another veteran of war in Iraq, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. During his service, Chris Kyle struck 255 opponents.

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The heroes of the Great Patriotic War were many soldiers and officers of the Red Army. Perhaps it is difficult to highlight military specialties that would particularly stand out when awarded combat awards. Among the famous heroes of the Soviet Union there are sappers, tankers, pilots, sailors, infantry and military doctors.

But I would like to allocate one military specialty, which occupies a special place in the category of the feat. These are snipers.

Sniper - specially trained soldier, perfectly owning the art of a label, disguise and observation, affecting goals from the first shot. His task is the defeat of the command and connected composition, the destruction of disguised single goals.

At the front, when special military units (companies, shelves, divisions) are opposed to the enemy, the sniper is an independent combat unit.

We will tell about the heroes-snipers who have made a significant contribution to the common cause of victory. About women-snipers who participated in the Great Patriotic War, you can read in our.

1. Passar Maxim Aleksandrovich (08/30/1923 - 01/22/1943)

A participant in the Great Patriotic War, Soviet Sniper, during the battles destroyed 237 soldiers and officers of the enemy. Most of the enemies were eliminated by him during the Stalingrad battle. For the destruction of Passar, the German command appointed a reward in 100 thousand Reichsmarocks. Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

2. Surkov Mikhail Ilyich (1921-1953)

A participant in the Great Patriotic War, the Sniper of the 1st Battalion of the 39th Rifle Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division of the 12th Army, Starshina, Kavaler of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Star.

3. Natalia Venediktovna Kovshova (11/26/1920 - 14.08.1942)

Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.

On a personal account Sniper bucket 167 killed fascist soldiers and officers. During the service he trained the fighters of the label label. On August 14, 1942, the Novgorod Region near the village of the Novgorod region died in unequal battle with the fascists.

4. Tulaev Zhambyl Esheevich (02 (15) .05.1905 - 17.01.1961)

Member of the Great Patriotic War. Hero of the Soviet Union.

Sniper of the 580th Rifle Regiment of the 188th Infantry Division of the 27th Army of the North-West Front. Starmin Zhambyl Tulaev from May to November 1942 destroyed 262 Nazis. Prepared for the front more than 30 snipers.

5. Sidorenko Ivan Mikhailovich (09/12/1919 - 19.02.1994)

Assistant headquarters of the 1122th rifle regiment Captain Ivan Sidorenko distinguished himself as an organizer of a sniper movement. By 1944, she personally destroyed about 500 Nazis from the sniper rifle.

Ivan Sidorenko prepared for the front more than 250 snipers, most of which were awarded orders and medals.

6. Okhlopkov Fedor Matveevich (03/02/1908 - 28.05.1968)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.

By June 23, 1944, Sergeant Okhlopkov destroyed 429 Hitler soldiers and officers from the sniper rifle. It was wounded 12 times. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin were assigned only in 1965.

7. Moldagulova Aliya Nurmukhambetovna (10/25/1925 - 14.01.1944)

Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously), Efreitor.

Sniper of the 54th Separate Rifle Brigade of the 22nd Army of the 2nd Baltic Front. Efreitor Moldagulova for the first 2 months of participation in the battles destroyed several dozen enemies. On January 14, 1944 he participated in battle for the village of Cossachichi of the Pskov region, fascinated the fighters in the attack. Bringing into the defense of the enemy, destroyed several soldiers and officers from the machine. Died in this battle.

8. Budenkov Mikhail Ivanovich (05.12.1919 - 02.08.1995)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant.

By September 1944, the Guard Senior Sergeant Mikhail Budenkov was the sniper of the 59th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd Shock Army of the 2nd Baltic Front. By the time his account was 437 enemy soldiers and officers destroyed by sniper fire. He entered the top ten of the best snipers of the Great Patriotic War.

9. Etobeev Arseny Mikhailovich (09/15/1903- 1987)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Civil War of 1917-1922 and conflict in the 1929 Sino-Eastern Railway. Cavalier of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Star, the full cavalier of the Order of the Patriotic War.

Sniper destroyed 356 German invaders and shot down two aircraft.

10. Salbiev Vladimir Gavrilovich (1916- 1996)

A participant in the Great Patriotic War, twice the kavaler of the Order of the Red Banner and Patriotic War II.

At Salbiev's sniper account 601 destroyed soldiers and an opponent officer.

11. Pchelins Vladimir Nikolaevich (08/30/1919- 27.07.1997)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Sniper of the 11th Rifle Brigade of the 8th Army of the Leningrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union, Sergeant.

One of the most efficient snipers of World War II. Destroyed 456 soldiers, non-officers and officers of the enemy.

12. Kwachantradze Vasily Shalvovich (1907- 1950)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Starin.

Sniper of the 259th Rifle Regiment of the 179th Infantry Division of the 43rd Army of the 1st Baltic Front.

One of the most effective snipers of the Great Patriotic War. Destroyed 534 soldiers and officers of the enemy.

13. Goncharov Petr Alekseevich (01/15/1903- 31.01.1944)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guard Senior Sergeant.

On his sniper account, more than 380 killed soldiers and officers of the enemy. He died on January 31, 1944 in the breakthrough of the enemy defense in the village of Watering.

14. Galushkin Nikolai Ivanovich (07/01/1917- 22.01.2007)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant.

He served in the 49th Rifle Shelf of the 50th Infantry Division. According to available information, destroyed 418 German soldiers and officers, including 17 snipers, and also taught the sniper case of 148 fighters. After the war led an active military-patriotic work.

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Sniper Rota Commander of the 81st Guards Rifle Shelf, Guard Lieutenant.

By the end of June 1943, being a commander of a sniper company, the votes personally destroyed about 420 Nazis, including 70 snipers. In his company, he prepared 170 snipers, which a total of more than 3,500 fascists have destroyed.

On August 16, 1943, he died in the midst of the battle for the village of the long of the Izyumsky district of the Kharkiv region.

16. Nomocons Semen Danilovich (08/12/1900 - 07/15/1973)

A participant in the Great Patriotic War and Soviet-Japanese war, twice the cavalier of the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner.

During the Great Patriotic War, he destroyed 360 German soldiers and officers, including one major general. During the Soviet-Japanese war destroyed 8 soldiers and officers of the Quantong Army. The general confirmed account is 368 enemy soldiers and officers.

17. Ilyin Nikolai Yakovlevich (1922 - 04.08.1943)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Starin, Deputy Political Protection.

In total, there were 494 enemy's dead enemy. On August 4, 1943, in battle under the village of Yastrebokov, Nikolai Ilyin died, a combat route.

18. Antonov Ivan Petrovich (07/07/1920 - 03/22/1989)

A participant in the Great Patriotic War, the shooter of the 160th separate rifle company of the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic fleet, a redflower, a hero of the Soviet Union.

Ivan Antonov became one of the prosecutors of the sniper movement in the Baltic.

From December 28, 1941 to November 10, 1942 destroyed 302 Nazis and trained the art of a label by shooting over the enemy of 80 snipers.

19. Dyachenko Fyodor Trofimovich (06/16/1917 - 08.08.1995)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major.

By February 1944, Dyachenko sniper fire destroyed 425 soldiers and officers of the enemy, among them several snipers.

20. Idrisov Abuhaji (Abugazi) (05/17/1918- 22.10.1983)

Member of the Great Patriotic War, Sniper of the 1232th Rifle Regiment of the 370th Rifle Division, Senior Sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union.

By March 1944, it was already 349 of the destroyed fascists, and he was represented by the title of Hero. In one of the battles in April 1944, the fragment of a broken near Myster Idrisov was wounded, his land was covered. Comrades fucked him and sent him to the hospital.